Treasury Department: Coupon bonds for the Eastern Railroad
Coupon bonds for the Eastern Railroad, 1837-1867.
Call no.: TR1/1494X
Scope and Content: Pursuant to St 1837, c 190 and St 1838, c 193, the state treasurer was authorized to issue scrip or certificates of debt to raise funds to aid in the construction of the Eastern Railroad. Pursuant to St 1839, c 74, the treasurer of the railroad returned scrip issued in 1838 and the state treasurer issued new scrip. Pursuant to St 1857, c 220, the state treasurer was authorized to issue certificates of debt to raise funds to redeem scrip issued in 1837, 1838, and 1839. Coupon certificates issued in 1837, 1838, and 1839, valued at 1000 and 5000 dollas, were due in 1857, 1858, and 1859, with interest paid at five percent for annum. Coupon certificates issued in 1857, 1858, and 1859, valued at 1000 dollars, were due in 1865, 1866, and 1867, with interest paid at five percent per annum.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically, thereunder numerically
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